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May 10, 2023 2.5 Right aileron gap seal installed, wiring fixed Category: Wings
I finished the last of the gap seals on both wings tonight by installing the aileron gap seal on the right wing. This also went without any unexpected hitches using the hand squeezer, though I did have to make a couple of slits on the gap seal to accommodate the thickness from the extra doubler that I had added on the right rear spar.

The single rivet role on each of the left+right wing aileron gap seals closest to the inboard aileron hinge bracket was filled with a blind rivet on the advice of an old VAF message thread.

I also spent some time fixing the two wires that had pulled out of their connections. One of the wires was for the left fuel tank sender and had pulled out of its Molex pin, but I was able to remove the pin, widen the crimp, reinsert the wire, re-crimp, and add a dab of solder for good measure. The other disconnected wire was the shielding ground leading to a solder sleeve on one of the autopilot servo connections. I cut off the old solder sleeve, manually resoldered the wire onto the shielding and slipped some new heat shrink over it. All of the wire bundles were then zip-tied together in the midspan of each rib-bay to keep them from moving around as much.

What's next? I need to continue researching which brackets and wiring harnesses I'll need for the autopilot servo. I probably can also start working on the ADHRS bracket and pitot tube mount.


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